Attachment for automobile gasoline tanks



Apr. 3, 1923.

L. M. TAYLOR ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE GASOLINE TANKS Filed Apr. 6, 1922 f 1 J9 W2.

Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

NITED ATTACHMENT r03. AUTOMOBILE GASOLINE TANKs.

Application filed April 6, 192% Serial No; 550,221.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE M. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadel phia and State of Pennsylvania, have i'nvented a new and useful Attachment for Automobile Gasoline Tanks, of which th a which is designed to be inserted through following is a specification.

This invention relates to gasoline tanks such as are used to supply fuel for automobiles and the like, and more particularly to reserve supply means therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment for use in connection with the usual gasoline supply tank of a motor vehicle, whereby warning will be given the driver that the gasoline in the tank is getting low by stoppage of the engine when a predetermined quantity of gasoline has been fed from the tank, a sufficient supply of gasoline being retained in the tank to operate as a reserve supply which is readily fed therefrom to propel the car to the nearest replenishing station.

Another object is to provide an attachment of this character which is especially designed for use on Ford cars and which may be quickly installed without any change being made in the tank other than to drill a hole in the top for the insertion of the device.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in'the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a transverse section of a gasoline tank with this improved attachment shown applied.

Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal section of the tank with the attachment shown applied and in section.

gig. 3 is a plan view of the attachment, an

Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the pointer carried by the upper end of one of the tubes forming a member of this attachment.

In the embodiment illustrated, a gasoline supply tank T such as is ordinarily used 011 Ford cars is; shown having the usual greater than the diameter of the tank T in a a connection with which it is to be used, and

an opening 0 formed in the top of the tank,- andwh ch extends into the upper end of the sediment bulb B as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. This tube 1 carries on its upper end outside tank T, a metal disk or plate 2 which is'soldered or otherwise fixedly connected therewith and shaped to confornr to the shape of the tank and to lie closely in engagement therewith when applied. This tube 1 is provided with longi= tudinally spaced apertures 3 and 4- arrangedin the lower end of the tube and which are designed for a purpose presently to be described- I The plate 2 has on its outer face at diametrically opposite points the abbreviations Gas. shown at 5, and Res. shown at 6, which are to be used in connection with a pointer 7 carried by the upper end of a tube 8 which is inserted within tube 1 and is designed to be turned therein. This tube 8 is equipped with apertures 9 and 10 formed in diametrically opposite faces thereof at points spaced from each other a distance corresponding to the distance between the apertures 3 and 41 of tube 1 so that when the pointer 6 is turned into the position shown in Fig. 3 to overlie the word Gas, the opening 9 in the inner tube 8 will be brought into register with the opening 3 in the outer tube 1 so that the gasoline contained in the tank T will flow out through these registered openings and through tube 8 to the gasoline supply line (not shown) which leads to the carbureter.

With the tubes in the position above described, gasoline will be supplied to the engine until the level thereof in the tank falls below the opening 3 in pipe 1 when the supply to the engine will be cut off and the engine will stop, thereby warningthe driver that the gasoline in the tank is getting low and need replenishing. The' driver may then turn the pointer 5, which of course operates to turn tube 8 within tube 1 and when said pointer reaches the abbreviation shown at 6 aperture 10 in tube 8 will be brought into register with the aperture 4 in tube 1 and thereby permit the gasoline contained in the tank T to flow out through these openings through tube 8 and the gasoline supply line to the carbureter and the engine may be started and the car driven to a supply station for replenishing gasoline.

It is of course understood that the apertures in the tubes may be formed at any desired height according to the quantity it is desired to retain as a reserve after the Warning has been given the driver in the manner above set forth.

As shown, the pointer 7 is formed by bending the upper end of tube 8 at right angles and flattening out said tube although obviously, it need not necessarily be so constructed.

This attachment is primarily intended for use in connection with Ford car gasoline tanks and to install it, it is only necessary to drill a hole at O in the top of the tank and insert therethrough the telescoping or nesting tubes 1 and 8 constituting the attachment to position the lower ends of these tubes in the sediment bulb B as is shown clearly in Fig. 2 which will operate to hold the tubes in adjusted position and permit the gasoline to be fed out through the ordinary gas line (not shown).

From the above description, it will be obvious that this attachment while extremely simple in construction and cheap to manufacture will be thoroughly effective for use for which it is intended, and may be quickly and easily installed by an unskilled workman in the manner above set forth.

I claim The combination with a liquid containin tank having openings in the upper and lower walls thereof, a tube insertible through said openings and having on its upper end an indicia carrying plate, another tube mounted in said first mentioned tube and extending therethrough with its upper end bent at right angles and flattened to form a pointed actuating handle to overlie the indicia carrying plate, said inner tube being rotatable. and each of said tubes having longitudinally spaced apertures, the apertures in one tube being designed to be brought into register with those in the other on the vturning of said pointer a predetermined distance.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LiU/VRENCE M. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

S. F. T. MARTIN, E. TRUTTNER. 

